They decided to start ripping up the road right next to where I was supposed to be recording yesterday. So I took the chance to flee to a coffee shop and get cracking on my email mountain that has been building up whilst I’ve been working on the new songs. I also added in a…

I’ve just had another request on the forum for B5/A5 versions of the picture cards. The good news is that if you use the “pdf” versions of the picture card files, the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader let’s you select exactly how many pictures you want per A4 page: 2, 4, 9, 16…

Thanks to everyone for the great response to testing some of the new songs ( see the last post). I’ve just put another two onto the test page, “Do you have any brothers and sisters?” ( to solve the “How many members in your family?” problem), and “I like animals 2” which goes with the…

I’ve been working on a set of new songs, and two of them are ready to start real life field testing. If you’re a CD Owners Club member and you’d like to have a listen and try them in class yourself, email me and I’ll send you the link. As usual there’ll be a free…

The Japanese version of my “Success Secrets of Learning English” has been generating fantastic emails from students who’ve found it has really boosted their confidence. Of course you’re not likely to recommend it to your students unless you know what’s in it, so I’ve now uploaded an English version. It does sometimes read like a…

Seth Godin has a great post today with a picture of a huge Dunkin’ Donuts guide to ordering a coffee. It would be perfect to use in an English class; real, easy & useful English, big simple design, plus a nice bit of culture in that in America you can’t just ask for a simple…